Ecclesiasticus 30:11

Ecclesiasticus 30:11 Context

⁸An horse not broken becometh headstrong: and a child left to himself will be wilful. ⁹Cocker thy child, and he shall make thee afraid: play with him, and he will bring thee to heaviness. ¹⁰Laugh not with him, lest thou have sorrow with him, and lest thou gnash thy teeth in the end. ¹¹Give him no liberty in his youth, and wink not at his follies. ¹²Bow down his neck while he is young, and beat him on the sides while he is a child, lest he wax stubborn, and be disobedient unto thee, and so bring sorrow to thine heart. ¹³Chastise thy son, and hold him to labour, lest his lewd behaviour be an offence unto thee. ¹⁴Better is the poor, being sound and strong of constitution, than a rich man that is afflicted in his body.

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